[China] Risky sex change surgery ends nightmares
Tony has experienced physical and emotional changes since taking testosterone injections 20 days ago.
The 24-year-old from Shandong's provincial capital Jinan, who refuses to give his Chinese name, says the pitch of his voice is now unstable. Facial stubble has started growing above his upper lip. And he's irritable.

[Thailand] PAO transgender defends wearing skirt
Yollada "Nok" Suanyos, a transgender councillor on the Nan provincial administration organisation, says he has been criticised by many people for wearing a skirt to work and has called on the public to give equal rights to transgender people.

[Australia] La Trobe cuts gender studies
La Trobe University is proposing to cut its gender and sexuality studies courses from next year due to falling enrolments.

[Canada] Transgender student named prom queen at Ontario high school
The night of her high school prom, Connor Ferguson anxiously pulled on a floor-length leopard print dress and slipped her feet inside six-inch high heels covered in glitter.
Despite loving the outfit she’d chosen, the 18-year-old transwoman from Trenton, Ont., considered not going to the prom at all, worried her peers might say something nasty or rude. She never expected they would name her prom queen.Transgender student named prom queen

[DC, USA] [Commentary] The silent T in D.C.’s HIV/AIDS epidemic
The District’s annual report on HIV/AIDS data, released June 20, claims to “herald a new era in treating HIV” — and yet there is not a single mention of the impact of the epidemic on the city’s transgender communities.